2-2-2-10 BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND CERTAIN GOVERNMENTS, MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION, FOR A COOPERATIVE PROGRAMME CONCERNING THE DEVELOPMENT, PROCUREMENT AND USE OF A SPACE LABORATORY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SPACE SHUTTLE SYSTEM (Agreement done at Neuilly-sur-Seine August 14, 1973, Entered into Force August 14, 1973)

Article 4: Obligations of the European Partners

As their part of the cooperative programme the European Partners shall have among their obligations the following:

(1)

to design, develop, manufacture and deliver an SL and associated equipment according to mutually agreed specifications and time schedule;

(2)

to establish the necessary means and infrastructure in Europe in order to ensure the possibility of the procurement at reasonable prices by the Government of the United States of America of additional such SLs, components and spares as the Government of the United States of America may need;

(3)

to ensure the availability of a sustaining engineering capability for the SL to meet the mission operating requirements of the Government of the United States of America; and

(4)

to provide for the necessary contingency arrangements to enable to production in the United States of SLs, components and spares in the event that the European Partners fail to complete the first SL or to produce subsequent SLs for procurement by the Government of the United States of America in accordance with agreed specifications and schedules at reasonable prices.